Christ the Tao

The question was asked (I paraphrase, since I don't have permission to quote from that forum): "Suppose I know nothing about reli...

This month Hector Avalos, radical critic of Christianity at Iowa State University and my past sparring partner on this site (beginning from ...

My sons (and dog) and I hiked to Monte Cristo yesterday, an old mining town in the Cascades surrounded by mountains which are still proba...

The story of Israel begins where Egypt never arrives: with genuine heroes and strong heroines. What did Jewish women gain by leaving b...

Lately I have found myself telling certain skeptics that "You don't give a damn about truth."  I am not trying to insult th...

Ro bert Conner has written an article entitled "Faking Jesus" which purports to thread the needle between radical skeptics like...

Men with charisma often use that charisma for sexual advantage.  This is a major theme of Indian guruism and Japanese monasticism, and has ...

The works of the Jewish prophets carry deep significance for the status and well-being of women (and men) around the world.  The prophets we...

Solomon doesn't say much about women in Ecclesiastes.  The book is brilliant philosophy, and in my opinion of great spiritual value, but...

We have come to the middle of the Old Testament, and a change in genre.  Up till now, most of the Bible has related the grand story of Is...

Tough life, being Xerxes: first Queen Vashti embarrasses him at his party, then King Leonidas embarrasses him at Thermopylae. We h...

If tribal society such as is described in the three books following the Pentateuch was a kind of Wild West, with the establishment of the Je...